Nokia Lumia 1020 Review

Nokia has introduced a lot of respectable smart phones with Windows
Operating system. From the line of Lumia we have come across a lot of
enhancements in the smart phones. Now we have Nokia Lumia 1020 in our
markets, we prefer to call it as a mini camera with smart phone features
rather than just a smart phone. Why is this so special? We have seen
Nokia Pureview 808 with 41 MP Camera and Symbian OS and many of the
users are disappointed with the Symbian OS. So, here is the answer for
those users who expect a better Interface than Symbian. Let us check out
the interior and exterior features of this smart phone.

Design :

Coming to the design part, LUMIA 1020 is very much similar to the
design aspects of Lumia 920. It is nothing new for the Lumia 920 users
and the body dimensions of 1020 are 5.13 inches tall, 2.81 inches wide
and 0.41 inches thick almost similar to Lumia 920. The body weight is
very much reduced and weighs only about 158 g that makes it feel
comfortable to hold. There are bunch of colors available for the
customers that are Lumia’s special colors such as yellow, red, black and
white colors.

The build quality is excellent and hefty with beautiful design
aspects. The rear part is very showy with the camera lens, xenon flash
and LED light placed on a circular strip. As the noticeable thing about
this smart phone is camera and it is beautifully crafted over the rear
part. The front of the device is perfect with a clean black screen and
has an elegant style. The physical buttons are all on the right side and
they include power button, camera key and volume rocker. On the top we
find a head phone jack and a SIM slot whereas the micro USB charging
port is present on the bottom part.

Display :

The 4.5 inches AMOLED touch screen is beautiful on the front and adds
the beauty to the device. Though the resolution is a HD quality but it
offers a respectable resolution of 768×1280 pixels and a pixel density
of about 332 ppi. The images, texts and the videos are crystal clear and
are very sharp. The sun light legibility is good and the viewing angles
are perfect as its predecessor. The Gorilla glass corning protects the
screen from finger prints and external noise. The Clear Black display
and Pure HD motion makes the screen livelier.

Software and Hardware Features :

This Windows phone 8 installed smart phone show a clear difference
between the Windows phone and Android or iOS phones. The version boasted
is Windows phone 8 Amber Version which has a slight enhancement to its
previous Windows version. The Interface provided is smooth and gives a
good viewing experience for the users. Moving to the hardware features
we notice the 1.5 GHz dual-core processor is pretty much faster and
shows good performance. The internal memory availed is 32 GB storage and
2 GB RAM memory that speeds up the device.

Battery :

The non-removable 2000 mAh Li-Ion battery boasted in the chassis of
the device is good for the present smart phone users. This gives a good
battery charge for a day on moderate use but on heavy use the battery
drains out easily and need to be charged. Compared to the rivals of
Android and iOS devices this device is lagging to provide a strong
battery.

Camera :

Here comes the main thing about the NOKIA LUMIA 1020 the camera. The
41 MP camera is not the thing we find in any other smart phone, yes
Lumia 1020 features 41 MP rear camera. This can be accessed through the
Nokia Pro cam app present in the device. The tutorial guides you how to
use the cam and the options attached to it. All together you can shoot
an image utmost 34 MP of image quality. The thing about this camera is
that it comes with 41 MP sensor and saves the image with 5 MP size. This
means the quality is of 41 MP size camera and the image size is only of
5 MP size. This is due to the reason the 41 MP photos need a high speed
internet and consumes a lot of data pack. The quality remains to 41 MP
but the size differs. This is the best thing that when we zoom the photo
or crop the photo we don’t find any distortion or degradation in the
image quality. This offers all the best modes and setting a smart phone
could offer. The xenon flash is another asset that really does a good
work in exposure and lighting. The camera lens, sensors and all the
features are similar to the LUMIA 920 camera features.

We can’t say this is as good as a DSLR camera or other but it is best
in terms of smart phone cameras. The 1.2 MP front facing camera is best
in norms and good for the purpose of video calling. Coming to the
matter of video capture this is also another best thing we could do with
the camera covering the video with utmost HD quality and enhancing the
zoom factor four times without any loss in image quality.

Features :

Nokia Lumia 1020 have not crouched any feature including the
connectivity feature. The connectivity features comprise of WI-FI,
Bluetooth, NFC, USB, GPRS and EDGE. This also allows 2G, 3G and 4G
connectivity in this device.

The basic features like calendar, clock, document readers, editors
etc. are present in this device. The enhanced Interface features like
Live Tile system, customizations works well and is very nice to use. The
social networking apps like Face book, twitter, Gmail etc. are present
to avail the user with utmost functionality. The multimedia features
like Mp3, Mp4 and many hard-core games are availed in this device. The
sound and video features are perfect and gives a good experience for the
users. The Sky drive storage is the special feature for the device to
use the cloud storage through the smart phone.

Technical Details :

The new NOKIA LUMIA 1020 works under 2G, 3G and 4G networks with a Micro-SIM capability.

The body dimensions are 5.13x 2.81×0.41 inches and the body weight is about 158 g.

This device is boasted with Windows Phone 8 Amber software and the internal memory availed is about 32 GB.

The processor equipped is 1.5 GHz dual-core processor and 2 GB RAM is equipped to the device.

The 41 MP rear
camera is the real asset to the smart phone with best options and
features. The HD quality video capture and 1.2 MP secondary camera are
best in norms.

All the connectivity features, basic and advanced features are equipped in the smart phone to provide good functionality.

The price tag for
the new smart phone is around 30,000-40,000 approximately. The price
may vary depending on the purchase and offers.

Call Off :

The new NOKIA LUMIA 1020 is one of the best Windows smart phones and
can be chosen mainly for its camera. The only feature enhanced in this
device is camera and the users if not concerned for the camera can go
for any other Windows phone lie LUMIA 920 etc. On the whole it is good
in terms of camera, OS, features and functionality.